82 SPORT IN VANCOUVER 



Dissolve half-a-pound of powdered alum in 

 a bucket of soft boiling water. In another 

 bucket half-a-pound sugar of lead; when dis- 

 solved and clear, pour first the alum solution, 

 then the sugar of lead, into another vessel; 

 after several hours pour off the water, letting 

 any thick sediment remain, and soak the tent, 

 kneading it well : wring out and hang up to 

 dry. 



Camp furniture I had none. A tin plate, 

 knife, fork and spoon for each man; a nest 

 of cooking pots which Thomson provided, a 

 small tin basin in which we washed and which 

 also served to mix our bread, and lastly the 

 invaluable portable tin baker which will roast 

 or bake anything. It was strange that the 

 Hudson Bay Stores at Vancouver could not 

 provide light cooking utensils suitable for 

 packing. They had excellent blankets, water- 

 proof sheets and the larger articles of camp 

 equipment, but light cooking utensils there 

 were none. Mr. Williams took infinite trouble 

 to get a nest of cooking pots made for me, 

 but on their arrival at Campbell River they 

 were found impossible owing to their weight, 

 so I made them a present to Smith. 



We fitted out as regards provisions at Mr. 

 Chambers' Store : the usual articles of food — 

 bacon, pork, beans, tea, sugar, flour, baking 



